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Lee K, Lee J, Lee P, Jeon BC, Song MY, Kwak S, Lee J, Kim J, Kim D, Kim JH, Tesh VL, Lee M, Park S. Inhibition of O-GlcNAcylation protects from Shiga toxin-mediated cell injury and lethality in host. EMBO Mol Med 2022; 14:e14678. [PMID: 34842355 PMCID: PMC8749473 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202114678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Shiga toxins (Stxs) produced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are the major virulence factors responsible for hemorrhagic colitis, which can lead to life-threatening systemic complications including acute renal failure (hemolytic uremic syndrome) and neuropathy. Here, we report that O-GlcNAcylation, a type of post-translational modification, was acutely increased upon induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in host cells by Stxs. Suppression of the abnormal Stx-mediated increase in O-GlcNAcylation effectively inhibited apoptotic and inflammatory responses in Stx-susceptible cells. The protective effect of O-GlcNAc inhibition for Stx-mediated pathogenic responses was also verified using three-dimensional (3D)-cultured spheroids or organoids mimicking the human kidney. Treatment with an O-GlcNAcylation inhibitor remarkably improved the major disease symptoms and survival rate for mice intraperitoneally injected with a lethal dose of Stx. In conclusion, this study elucidates O-GlcNAcylation-dependent pathogenic mechanisms of Stxs and demonstrates that inhibition of aberrant O-GlcNAcylation is a potential approach to treat Stx-mediated diseases.
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- Kyung‐Soo Lee
- Environmental Diseases Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
- Department of Biomolecular ScienceKRIBB School of BioscienceKorea University of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonKorea
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- Environmental Diseases Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
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- Environmental Diseases Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
- Department of Biomolecular ScienceKRIBB School of BioscienceKorea University of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonKorea
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- Department of Biomolecular ScienceKRIBB School of BioscienceKorea University of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonKorea
- Immunotherapy Convergence Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
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- Environmental Diseases Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
- Department of Biomolecular ScienceKRIBB School of BioscienceKorea University of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonKorea
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- Environmental Diseases Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
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- Environmental Diseases Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
- Department of Biomolecular ScienceKRIBB School of BioscienceKorea University of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonKorea
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- Department of Nano‐BioengineeringIncheon National UniversityIncheonKorea
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- Infectious Disease Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
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- Infectious Disease Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and ImmunologyCollege of MedicineTexas A&M UniversityBryanTXUSA
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- Environmental Diseases Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
- Department of Biomolecular ScienceKRIBB School of BioscienceKorea University of Science and Technology (UST)DaejeonKorea
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- Infectious Disease Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)DaejeonKorea
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Lingwood C. Verotoxin Receptor-Based Pathology and Therapies. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:123. [PMID: 32296648 PMCID: PMC7136409 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Verotoxin, VT (aka Shiga toxin,Stx) is produced by enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and is the key pathogenic factor in EHEC-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome (eHUS-hemolytic anemia/thrombocytopenia/glomerular infarct) which can follow gastrointestinal EHEC infection, particularly in children. This AB5 subunit toxin family bind target cell globotriaosyl ceramide (Gb3), a glycosphingolipid (GSL) (aka CD77, pk blood group antigen) of the globoseries of neutral GSLs, initiating lipid raft-dependent plasma membrane Gb3 clustering, membrane curvature, invagination, scission, endosomal trafficking, and retrograde traffic via the TGN to the Golgi, and ER. In the ER, A/B subunits separate and the A subunit hijacks the ER reverse translocon (dislocon-used to eliminate misfolded proteins-ER associated degradation-ERAD) for cytosolic access. This property has been used to devise toxoid-based therapy to temporarily block ERAD and rescue the mutant phenotype of several genetic protein misfolding diseases. The A subunit avoids cytosolic proteosomal degradation, to block protein synthesis via its RNA glycanase activity. In humans, Gb3 is primarily expressed in the kidney, particularly in the glomerular endothelial cells. Here, Gb3 is in lipid rafts (more ordered membrane domains which accumulate GSLs/cholesterol) whereas renal tubular Gb3 is in the non-raft membrane fraction, explaining the basic pathology of eHUS (glomerular endothelial infarct). Females are more susceptible and this correlates with higher renal Gb3 expression. HUS can be associated with encephalopathy, more commonly following verotoxin 2 exposure. Gb3 is expressed in the microvasculature of the brain. All members of the VT family bind Gb3, but with varying affinity. VT2e (pig edema toxin) binds Gb4 preferentially. Verotoxin-specific therapeutics based on chemical analogs of Gb3, though effective in vitro, have failed in vivo. While some analogs are effective in animal models, there are no good rodent models of eHUS since Gb3 is not expressed in rodent glomeruli. However, the mouse mimics the neurological symptoms more closely and provides an excellent tool to assess therapeutics. In addition to direct cytotoxicity, other factors including VT–induced cytokine release and aberrant complement cascade, are now appreciated as important in eHUS. Based on atypical HUS therapy, treatment of eHUS patients with anticomplement antibodies has proven effective in some cases. A recent switch using stem cells to try to reverse, rather than prevent VT induced pathology may prove a more effective methodology.
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- Clifford Lingwood
- Molecular Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Adnan H, Zhang Z, Park HJ, Tailor C, Che C, Kamani M, Spitalny G, Binnington B, Lingwood C. Endoplasmic Reticulum-Targeted Subunit Toxins Provide a New Approach to Rescue Misfolded Mutant Proteins and Revert Cell Models of Genetic Diseases. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166948. [PMID: 27935997 PMCID: PMC5147855 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Many germ line diseases stem from a relatively minor disturbance in mutant protein endoplasmic reticulum (ER) 3D assembly. Chaperones are recruited which, on failure to correct folding, sort the mutant for retrotranslocation and cytosolic proteasomal degradation (ER-associated degradation-ERAD), to initiate/exacerbate deficiency-disease symptoms. Several bacterial (and plant) subunit toxins, retrograde transport to the ER after initial cell surface receptor binding/internalization. The A subunit has evolved to mimic a misfolded protein and hijack the ERAD membrane translocon (dislocon), to effect cytosolic access and cytopathology. We show such toxins compete for ERAD to rescue endogenous misfolded proteins. Cholera toxin or verotoxin (Shiga toxin) containing genetically inactivated (± an N-terminal polyleucine tail) A subunit can, within 2–4 hrs, temporarily increase F508delCFTR protein, the major cystic fibrosis (CF) mutant (5-10x), F508delCFTR Golgi maturation (<10x), cell surface expression (20x) and chloride transport (2x) in F508del CFTR transfected cells and patient-derived F508delCFTR bronchiolar epithelia, without apparent cytopathology. These toxoids also increase glucocerobrosidase (GCC) in N370SGCC Gaucher Disease fibroblasts (3x), another ERAD–exacerbated misfiling disease. We identify a new, potentially benign approach to the treatment of certain genetic protein misfolding diseases.
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- Humaira Adnan
- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cell Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Steil D, Schepers CL, Pohlentz G, Legros N, Runde J, Humpf HU, Karch H, Müthing J. Shiga toxin glycosphingolipid receptors of Vero-B4 kidney epithelial cells and their membrane microdomain lipid environment. J Lipid Res 2015; 56:2322-36. [PMID: 26464281 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m063040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Shiga toxins (Stxs) are produced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), which cause human infections with an often fatal outcome. Vero cell lines, derived from African green monkey kidney, represent the gold standard for determining the cytotoxic effects of Stxs. Despite their global use, knowledge about the exact structures of the Stx receptor glycosphingolipids (GSLs) and their assembly in lipid rafts is poor. Here we present a comprehensive structural analysis of Stx receptor GSLs and their distribution to detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs), which were prepared from Vero-B4 cells and used as lipid raft equivalents. We identified globotriaosylceramide (Gb3Cer) and globotetraosylceramide (Gb4Cer) as the GSL receptors for Stx1a, Stx2a, and Stx2e subtypes using TLC overlay detection combined with MS. The uncommon Stx receptor, globopentaosylceramide (Gb5Cer, Galβ3GalNAcβ3Galα4Galβ4Glcβ1Cer), which was specifically recognized (in addition to Gb3Cer and Gb4Cer) by Stx2e, was fully structurally characterized. Lipoforms of Stx receptor GSLs were found to mainly harbor ceramide moieties composed of sphingosine (d18:1) and C24:0/C24:1 or C16:0 fatty acid. Moreover, co-occurrence with lipid raft markers, SM and cholesterol, in DRMs suggested GSL association with membrane microdomains. This study provides the basis for further exploring the functional impact of lipid raft-associated Stx receptors for toxin-mediated injury of Vero-B4 cells.
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- Daniel Steil
- Institutes for Hygiene University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institutes for Hygiene University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Food Chemistry, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institutes for Hygiene University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institutes for Hygiene University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Hosono M, Sugawara S, Matsuda A, Tatsuta T, Koide Y, Hasan I, Ozeki Y, Nitta K. Binding profiles and cytokine-inducing effects of fish rhamnose-binding lectins on Burkitt's lymphoma Raji cells. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2014; 40:1559-1572. [PMID: 24861899 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-014-9948-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Rhamnose-binding lectin (RBL) is one of the animal lectin categories which take part in the innate immune responses of fish. Osmerus lanceolatus lectin (OLL) from shishamo smelt eggs is an RBL composed of two tandem-repeated domains, both of which are considered to be a carbohydrate-recognition domain. SAL, catfish (Silurus asotus) egg RBL composed of three domains, binds to Burkitt's lymphoma Raji cells through globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) carbohydrate chain and to reduce cell size and growth by altering membrane composition without causing cell death. In this experiment, we tried to compare the binding effects of these two RBLs on Raji cells. Flow cytometric and fluorescence microscopic analyses revealed that OLL also directly bound to and shrunk Raji cells with ten times less reactivity than SAL but reduced cell growth with decreasing cell viability. Anti-Gb3 antibody completely blocked the binding of SAL to Raji cells but not that of OLL. In addition, the direct bindings of OLL and SAL to Raji cells were comparably inhibited by melibiose, but lactose was more effective inhibitor for the binding of OLL than that of SAL. These results suggest that OLL has slightly different cell-binding property compared with SAL and binds not only to Gb3 but also to the other carbohydrate receptor-bearing β-galactoside chains. The quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed that SAL induced the expression of TNF-α but not of IFN-γ, IL-1β, and IL-10. Thus, SAL-induced cytostatic effect on Raji cells might be partially caused by TNF-α-mediated signaling pathway.
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- Masahiro Hosono
- Division of Cell Recognition Study, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8558, Japan,
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Stone SM, Thorpe CM, Ahluwalia A, Rogers AB, Obata F, Vozenilek A, Kolling GL, Kane AV, Magun BE, Jandhyala DM. Shiga toxin 2-induced intestinal pathology in infant rabbits is A-subunit dependent and responsive to the tyrosine kinase and potential ZAK inhibitor imatinib. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2012; 2:135. [PMID: 23162799 PMCID: PMC3492723 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are a major cause of food-borne illness worldwide. However, a consensus regarding the role Shiga toxins play in the onset of diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis (HC) is lacking. One of the obstacles to understanding the role of Shiga toxins to STEC-mediated intestinal pathology is a deficit in small animal models that perfectly mimic human disease. Infant rabbits have been previously used to study STEC and/or Shiga toxin-mediated intestinal inflammation and diarrhea. We demonstrate using infant rabbits that Shiga toxin-mediated intestinal damage requires A-subunit activity, and like the human colon, that of the infant rabbit expresses the Shiga toxin receptor Gb(3). We also demonstrate that Shiga toxin treatment of the infant rabbit results in apoptosis and activation of p38 within colonic tissues. Finally we demonstrate that the infant rabbit model may be used to test candidate therapeutics against Shiga toxin-mediated intestinal damage. While the p38 inhibitor SB203580 and the ZAK inhibitor DHP-2 were ineffective at preventing Shiga toxin-mediated damage to the colon, pretreatment of infant rabbits with the drug imatinib resulted in a decrease of Shiga toxin-mediated heterophil infiltration of the colon. Therefore, we propose that this model may be useful in elucidating mechanisms by which Shiga toxins could contribute to intestinal damage in the human.
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- Samuel M Stone
- Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, and Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA, USA
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Saito M, Mylvaganum M, Tam P, Novak A, Binnington B, Lingwood C. Structure-dependent pseudoreceptor intracellular traffic of adamantyl globotriaosyl ceramide mimics. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:16073-87. [PMID: 22418442 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.318196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The verotoxin (VT) (Shiga toxin) receptor globotriaosyl ceramide (Gb(3)), mediates VT1/VT2 retrograde transport to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for cytosolic A subunit access to inhibit protein synthesis. Adamantyl Gb(3) is an amphipathic competitive inhibitor of VT1/VT2 Gb(3) binding. However, Gb(3)-negative VT-resistant CHO/Jurkat cells incorporate adaGb(3) to become VT1/VT2-sensitive. CarboxyadaGb(3), urea-adaGb(3), and hydroxyethyl adaGb(3), preferentially bound by VT2, also mediate VT1/VT2 cytotoxicity. VT1/VT2 internalize to early endosomes but not to Golgi/ER. AdabisGb(3) (two deacyl Gb(3)s linked to adamantane) protects against VT1/VT2 more effectively than adaGb(3) without incorporating into Gb(3)-negative cells. AdaGb(3) (but not hydroxyethyl adaGb(3)) incorporation into Gb(3)-positive Vero cells rendered punctate cell surface VT1/VT2 binding uniform and subverted subsequent Gb(3)-dependent retrograde transport to Golgi/ER to render cytotoxicity (reduced for VT1 but not VT2) brefeldin A-resistant. VT2-induced vacuolation was maintained in adaGb(3)-treated Vero cells, but vacuolar membrane VT2 was lost. AdaGb(3) destabilized membrane cholesterol and reduced Gb(3) cholesterol stabilization in phospholipid liposomes. Cholera toxin GM1-mediated Golgi/ER targeting was unaffected by adaGb(3). We demonstrate the novel, lipid-dependent, pseudoreceptor function of Gb(3) mimics and their structure-dependent modulation of endogenous intracellular Gb(3) vesicular traffic.
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- Mitsumasa Saito
- Research Institute, Program in Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Sorieul M, Langhans M, Guetzoyan L, Hillmer S, Clarkson G, Lord JM, Roberts LM, Robinson DG, Spooner RA, Frigerio L. An Exo2 derivative affects ER and Golgi morphology and vacuolar sorting in a tissue-specific manner in arabidopsis. Traffic 2011; 12:1552-62. [PMID: 21801289 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We screened a panel of compounds derived from Exo2 - a drug that perturbs post-Golgi compartments and trafficking in mammalian cells - for their effect on the secretory pathway in Arabidopsis root epidermal cells. While Exo2 and most related compounds had no significant effect, one Exo2 derivative, named LG8, induced severe morphological alterations in both the Golgi (at high concentrations) and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). LG8 causes the ER to form foci of interconnecting tubules, which at the ultrastructural level appear similar to those previously reported in Arabidopsis roots after treatment with the herbicide oryzalin. In cotyledonary leaves, LG8 causes redistribution of a trans Golgi network (TGN) marker to the vacuole. LG8 affects the anterograde secretory pathway by inducing secretion of vacuolar cargo and preventing the brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 from reaching the plasma membrane. Uptake and arrival at the TGN of the endocytic marker FM4-64 is not affected. Unlike the ADP ribosylation factor-GTP exchange factor (ARF-GEF) inhibitor brefeldin A (BFA), LG8 affects these post-Golgi events without causing the formation of BFA bodies. Up to concentrations of 50 µm, the effects of LG8 are reversible.
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- Mathias Sorieul
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Higashi N, Matsumura Y, Mizuno F, Kasahara K, Sugiura S, Mikasa K, Kita E. Enhanced expression of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 in non-rafts decreases the sensitivity of vascular endothelial cells to Shiga toxin. Microb Pathog 2010; 49:141-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jayagopal A, Halfpenny KC, Perez JW, Wright DW. Hairpin DNA-functionalized gold colloids for the imaging of mRNA in live cells. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:9789-96. [PMID: 20586450 PMCID: PMC2927968 DOI: 10.1021/ja102585v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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A strategy is presented for the live cell imaging of messenger RNA using hairpin DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles (hAuNP). hAuNP improve upon technologies for studying RNA trafficking by their efficient internalization within live cells without transfection reagents, improved resistance to DNase degradation, low cytotoxicity, and the incorporation of hairpin DNA molecular beacons to confer high specificity and sensitivity to the target mRNA sequence. Furthermore, the targeted nanoparticle-beacon construct, once bound to the target mRNA sequence, remains hybridized to the target, enabling spatial and temporal studies of RNA trafficking and downstream analysis. Targeted hAuNP exhibited high specificity for glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GADPH) mRNA in live normal HEp-2 cells and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) mRNA in live RSV-infected HEp-2 cells with high target to background ratios. Multiplexed fluorescence imaging of distinct mRNAs in live cells and simultaneous imaging of mRNAs with immunofluorescently stained protein targets in fixed cells was enabled by appropriate selection of molecular beacon fluorophores. Pharmacologic analysis suggested that hAuNP were internalized within cells via membrane-nanoparticle interactions. hAuNP are a promising approach for the real-time analysis of mRNA transport and processing in live cells for elucidation of biological processes and disease pathogenesis.
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
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Shiga toxins comprise a family of structurally and functionally related protein toxins expressed by Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 and multiple serotypes of Escherichia coli. While the capacity of Shiga toxins to inhibit protein synthesis by catalytic inactivation of eukaryotic ribosomes has been well described, it is also apparent that Shiga toxins trigger apoptosis in many cell types. This review presents evidence that Shiga toxins induce apoptosis of epithelial, endothelial, leukocytic, lymphoid and neuronal cells. Apoptotic signaling pathways activated by the toxins are reviewed with an emphasis on signaling mechanisms that are shared among different cell types. Data suggesting that Shiga toxins induce apoptosis through the endoplasmic reticulum stress response and clinical evidence demonstrating apoptosis in humans infected with Shiga toxin-producing bacteria are briefly discussed. The potential for use of Shiga toxins to induce apoptosis in cancer cells is briefly reviewed.
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- Vernon L Tesh
- Department of Microbial & Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, 407 Reynolds Medical Building, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA.
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Mahfoud R, Manis A, Lingwood CA. Fatty acid-dependent globotriaosyl ceramide receptor function in detergent resistant model membranes. J Lipid Res 2009; 50:1744-55. [PMID: 18716315 PMCID: PMC2724785 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m800385-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2008] [Revised: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Glycosphingolipid (GSL) fatty acid strictly regulates verotoxin 1 (VT1) and the HIV adhesin, gp120 binding to globotriaosyl ceramide within Gb(3)/cholesterol detergent resistant membrane (DRM) vesicle constructs and in Gb(3) water-air interface monolayers in a similar manner. VT2 bound Gb(3)/cholesterol vesicles irrespective of fatty acid composition, but VT1 bound neither C18 nor C20Gb(3)vesicles. C18/C20Gb(3) were dominant negative in mixed Gb(3) fatty acid isoform vesicles, but including C24:1Gb(3) gave maximal binding. VT1 bound C18Gb(3) vesicles after cholesterol removal, but C20Gb(3)vesicles required sphingomyelin in addition for binding. HIV-1gp120 also bound C16, C22, and C24, but neither C18 nor C20Gb(3) vesicles. C18 and C20Gb(3) were, in mixtures without C24:1Gb(3), dominant negative for gp120 vesicle binding. Gp120/VT1bound C18 and C24:1Gb(3) mixtures, although neither isoform bound alone. Monolayer surface pressure measurement showed VT1, but not VT2, bound Gb(3) at cellular DRM surface pressures, and confirmed loss of VT1 and gp120 (but not VT2) specific C18Gb(3) binding. We conclude fatty-acid mediated fluidity within simple model GSL/cholesterol DRM can selectively regulate GSL carbohydrate-ligand binding.
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- Radhia Mahfoud
- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Bouzari S, Oloomi M, Azadmanesh K. Study on induction of apoptosis on HeLa and Vero cells by recombinant shiga toxin and its subunits. Cytotechnology 2009; 60:105. [PMID: 19669659 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-009-9220-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Verotoxin (VT) or shiga toxin (Stx) produced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and Shigella dysenteriae is AB5 holotoxin with potent protein synthesis inhibitor. VT can induce both apoptosis and necrosis depending on the cell type, it has been shown that VT-induced apoptosis and cytotoxicity are distinct processes, and the A subunit can be necessary for apoptosis. In other words, the precise role of each subunit in apoptosis signaling has yet to be established. In this study, induction of apoptosis has been examined by using both recombinant A and B subunits, and recombinant Stx (rStx) with different doses in HeLa and Vero cells. For this purpose, the polymyxin B extract of constructs expressing A, B and AB5 recombinant proteins was used. Therefore, amounts greater than normally reported were used to induce desire effects on cell lines. The apoptotic effect of A and B subunits appear at higher doses than that of rStx. The highest apoptotic effect was observed for rStx at low concentration, compared to A and B subunits. A or B subunits separately cannot induce the signaling pathway stimulated by holotoxin though A subunit, does induce laddering pattern similar to holotoxin. We concluded that both subunits are important in complete death signaling pathway. Since different concentration of A and B subunits and rStx was required in different assay, therefore, it could be emphasized that cell death or even apoptosis caused by either of the subunits or holotoxin depends on sensitivity or specificity of the assay and cell types used.
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- Saeid Bouzari
- Molecular Biology Unit, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Pasteur Ave., 13164, Tehran, Iran
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- Molecular Biology Unit, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Pasteur Ave., 13164, Tehran, Iran.
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- Molecular Biology Unit, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Pasteur Ave., 13164, Tehran, Iran
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DiMezzo TL, Ruthel G, Brueggemann EE, Hines HB, Ribot WJ, Chapman CE, Powell BS, Welkos SL. In vitro intracellular trafficking of virulence antigen during infection by Yersinia pestis. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6281. [PMID: 19609450 PMCID: PMC2707630 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2009] [Accepted: 06/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, encodes several essential virulence factors on a 70 kb plasmid, including the Yersinia outer proteins (Yops) and a multifunctional virulence antigen (V). V is uniquely able to inhibit the host immune response; aid in the expression, secretion, and injection of the cytotoxic Yops via a type III secretion system (T3SS)-dependent mechanism; be secreted extracellularly; and enter the host cell by a T3SS-independent mechanism, where its activity is unknown. To elucidate the intracellular trafficking and target(s) of V, time-course experiments were performed with macrophages (MΦs) infected with Y. pestis or Y. pseudotuberculosis at intervals from 5 min to 6 h. The trafficking pattern was discerned from results of parallel microscopy, immunoblotting, and flow cytometry experiments. The MΦs were incubated with fluorescent or gold conjugated primary or secondary anti-V (antibodies [Abs]) in conjunction with organelle-associated Abs or dyes. The samples were observed for co-localization by immuno-fluorescence and electron microscopy. For fractionation studies, uninfected and infected MΦs were lysed and subjected to density gradient centrifugation coupled with immunoblotting with Abs to V or to organelles. Samples were also analyzed by flow cytometry after lysis and dual-staining with anti-V and anti-organelle Abs. Our findings indicate a co-localization of V with (1) endosomal proteins between 10–45 min of infection, (2) lysosomal protein(s) between 1–2 h of infection, (3) mitochondrial proteins between 2.5–3 h infection, and (4) Golgi protein(s) between 4–6 h of infection. Further studies are being performed to determine the specific intracellular interactions and role in pathogenesis of intracellularly localized V.
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- Tracy L. DiMezzo
- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Integrated Toxicology, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Integrated Toxicology, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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Tam P, Mahfoud R, Nutikka A, Khine AA, Binnington B, Paroutis P, Lingwood C. Differential intracellular transport and binding of verotoxin 1 and verotoxin 2 to globotriaosylceramide-containing lipid assemblies. J Cell Physiol 2008; 216:750-63. [PMID: 18446787 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Although verotoxin-1 (VT1) and verotoxin-2 (VT2) share a common receptor, globotriaosyl ceramide (Gb(3)), VT2 induces distinct animal pathology and is preferentially associated with human disease. Moreover VT2 cytotoxicity in vitro is less than VT1. We therefore investigated whether these toxins similarly traffic within cells via similar Gb(3) assemblies. At 4 degrees C, fluorescent-VT1 and VT2 bound both coincident and distinct punctate surface Gb(3) microdomains. After 10 min at 37 degrees C, similar distinct/coincident micropunctate intracellular localization was observed. Most internalized VT2, but not VT1, colocalized with transferrin. After 1 h, VT1 and VT2 coalesced during retrograde transport to the Golgi. During prolonged incubation (3-6 h), VT1, and VT2 (more slowly), exited the Golgi to reach the ER/nuclear envelope. At this time, VT2 induced a previously unreported, retrograde transport-dependent vacuolation. Cell surface and intracellular VT1 showed greater detergent resistance than VT2, suggesting differential 'raft' association. >90% (125)I-VT1 cell surface bound, or added to detergent-resistant cell membrane extracts (DRM), was in the Gb(3)-containing sucrose gradient 'insoluble' fraction, whereas only 30% (125)I-VT2 was similarly DRM-associated. VT1 bound more efficiently to Gb(3)/cholesterol DRMs generated in vitro. Only VT1 binding was inhibited by high cholesterol/Gb(3) ratios. VT2 competed less effectively for (125)I-VT1/Gb(3) DRM-binding but only VT2-Gb(3)/cholesterol DRM-binding was augmented by sphingomyelin. Differential VT1/VT2 Gb(3) raft-binding may mediate differential cell binding/intracellular trafficking and cytopathology.
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- Patty Tam
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Chong DC, Paton JC, Thorpe CM, Paton AW. Clathrin-dependent trafficking of subtilase cytotoxin, a novel AB5toxin that targets the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP. Cell Microbiol 2008; 10:795-806. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.01085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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McKenzie J, Johannes L, Taguchi T, Sheff D. Passage through the Golgi is necessary for Shiga toxin B subunit to reach the endoplasmic reticulum. FEBS J 2008; 276:1581-95. [PMID: 19220458 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06890.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Both Shiga holotoxin and the isolated B subunit, navigate a retrograde pathway from the plasma membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of mammalian cells to deliver catalytic A subunits into the cytosol. This route passes through early/recycling endosomes and then through the Golgi. Although passage through the endosomes takes only 30 min, passage through the Golgi is much slower, taking hours. This suggests that Golgi passage is a key step in retrograde traffic. However, there is no empirical data demonstrating that Golgi passage is required for the toxins to enter the ER. In fact, an alternate pathway bypassing the Golgi is utilized by SV40 virus. Here we find that blocking Shiga toxin B access to the entire Golgi with AlF(4)(-) treatment, temperature block or subcellular surgery prevented Shiga toxin B from reaching the ER. This suggests that there is no direct endosome to ER route available for retrograde traffic. Curiously, when Shiga toxin B was trapped in endosomes, it entered the cytosol directly from the endosomal compartment. Our results suggest that trafficking through the Golgi apparatus is required for Shiga toxin B to reach the ER and that diversion into the Golgi may prevent toxin escape from endosomes into the cytosol.
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- Jenna McKenzie
- Department of Pharmacology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-2600, USA
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Jarvis RM, Chamba A, Holder MJ, Challa A, Smith DC, Hodgkin MN, Lord JM, Gordon J. Dynamic interplay between the neutral glycosphingolipid CD77/Gb3 and the therapeutic antibody target CD20 within the lipid bilayer of model B lymphoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 355:944-9. [PMID: 17336267 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The centroblast-specific differentiation marker CD77 (Gb(3)), is the receptor for Shiga-like toxin (SLT). The dynamic relationship between Gb(3)/CD77 and key B-cell membrane proteins was studied in Burkitt's lymphoma cells with a focus on CD20. Engagement of Gb(3)/CD77 with SLT-B reduced the amount of CD20 and CXCR4 available, but levels of BCR, MHC Class II, CD21, CD27 and CD54 remained unchanged. Cholesterol depletion promoted a decrease in the number of sites accessed by CD20, CXCR4 and Gb(3)/CD77 antibodies. Constitutive localisation of Gb(3)/CD77 to lipid rafts was unperturbed by either SLT-B binding or cholesterol depletion, whereas the opposite was true for CD20. The effects were specific to SLT-B, highlighted by the inability of cholera toxin B-subunit to alter CD20 availability. Thus, the binding of Gb(3)/CD77 by its cognate ligand transmits information within the lipid bilayer of model lymphoma cells to impact the behaviour of selective proteins, most notably CD20, via a mechanism influenced by the level of cholesterol within the membrane.
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- Rosemary M Jarvis
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Torgersen ML, Lauvrak SU, Sandvig K. The A-subunit of surface-bound Shiga toxin stimulates clathrin-dependent uptake of the toxin. FEBS J 2005; 272:4103-13. [PMID: 16098193 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04835.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shiga toxin can be internalized by clathrin-dependent endocytosis in different cell lines, although it binds specifically to the glycosphingolipid Gb3. It has been demonstrated previously that the toxin can induce recruitment of the toxin-receptor complex to clathrin-coated pits, but whether this process is concentration-dependent or which part of the toxin molecule is involved in this process, have so far been unresolved issues. In this article, we show that the rate of Shiga toxin uptake is dependent on the toxin concentration in several cell lines [HEp-2, HeLa, Vero and baby hamster kidney (BHK)], and that the increased rate observed at higher concentrations is strictly dependent on the presence of the A-subunit of cell surface-bound toxin. Surface-bound B-subunit has no stimulatory effect. Furthermore, this increase in toxin endocytosis is dependent on functional clathrin, as it did not occur in BHK cells after induction of antisense to clathrin heavy chain, thereby blocking clathrin-dependent endocytosis. By immunofluorescence, we show that there is an increased colocalization between Alexa-labeled Shiga toxin and Cy5-labeled transferrin in HeLa cells upon addition of unlabeled toxin. In conclusion, the data indicate that the Shiga toxin A-subunit of cell surface-bound toxin stimulates clathrin-dependent uptake of the toxin. Possible explanations for this phenomenon are discussed.
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- Maria L Torgersen
- Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway
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Lund N, Branch DR, Sakac D, Lingwood CA, Siatskas C, Robinson CJ, Brady RO, Medin JA. Lack of susceptibility of cells from patients with Fabry disease to productive infection with R5 human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS 2005; 19:1543-6. [PMID: 16135910 DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000183521.90878.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A lack of viral replication after HIV-1Ba-L (R5) but not HIV-1IIIB (X4) infection was found using in-vitro activated peripheral blood-derived mononuclear cells from patients with Fabry disease, who have a defect in the catabolism of globotriaosylceramide. CCR5, but not CD4 or CXCR4 expression levels, were lower and the surface expression of globotriaosylceramide was negligible on activated patients' cells. Our findings suggest a novel resistance mechanism to productive infection with R5 HIV-1 that potentially involves abnormal globotriaosylceramide catabolism.
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- Nicole Lund
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ishikawa N, Feng GG, Ito Y, Hotta Y, Wakida Y, Murakami H, Yajima M, Ishikawa A, Yokochi T. A role of anti-verotoxin antibody immunoreactive peptide, Virp5, from rat spinal cord. Peptides 2004; 25:1909-16. [PMID: 15501522 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2004] [Revised: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 06/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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An anti-verotoxin 2 (VT2) antibody immunoreactive 5-kDa polypeptide (Virp5), has been obtained through screening of the rat spinal cord cDNA library with the aid of anti-VT2 antibody. Virp5 was mainly expressed in the central nervous system, liver and kidney, and localized at glia-like cells and nerve fibers in the central nervous system, vascular endothelial cells and hepatic cells in the liver, as well as epithelial cells of distal tubules in the kidney. Intravenous administration of purified Virp5 elicited a dose-dependent increase in blood pressure. These results suggest that Virp5 commonly exists in the body, being partly playing a role in regulating the blood pressure.
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- Naohisa Ishikawa
- Department of Pharmacology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan.
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